Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 21, 2023

While all our Sammies finalists represent the very best in government, this award grants special recognition to the finalist who receives the most votes from the general public.  Continue reading to learn more about these outstanding civil servants and vote for your favorite to be crowned the 2023 People’s Choice Award winner.

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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Podcast Highlights: “It is hard to see a victory for those electoral college votes in [Arizona and Florida] happening without the Latino vote.” - Francisco Pedraza on the topic of voting blocks that influenced the results of this election. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link].

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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Podcast Highlights: “It is hard to see a victory for those electoral college votes in [Arizona and Florida] happening without the Latino vote.” - Francisco Pedraza on the topic of voting blocks that influenced the results of this election. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link].

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Policy Chats

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Podcast Highlights: “It is hard to see a victory for those electoral college votes in [Arizona and Florida] happening without the Latino vote.”. Francisco Pedraza on the topic of voting blocks that influenced the results of this election. Related Podcast Episodes and Webinars: 2020 Election: Voting By Mail (with Bob Page).

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ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Lord knows, we experienced a wicked year of community violence and upheaval that ended with a federal campaign about a war of the words. Our mailboxes were packed with campaign mailers costing into the billions of dollars that likely could have addressed much of our poverty.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 15, 2024

Civic engagement can include voting, attending political events, posting about elections and civic issues on social media, and volunteering as poll watchers or on political campaigns. And that’s not all—beyond election politics, civic engagement can also include learning about and pursuing opportunities in the federal workforce.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

From her work on the island of Point Breeze all the way to her citywide campaign for public office in 2019, Jen believes that being a good listener and making people feel heard are the secrets to building authentic relationships that stand the test of time… and neighborhood feuds.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

From her work on the island of Point Breeze all the way to her citywide campaign for public office in 2019, Jen believes that being a good listener and making people feel heard are the secrets to building authentic relationships that stand the test of time… and neighborhood feuds. Episode Transcript Here: [link].

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

He also ran multiple political campaigns providing insight into how residents chose their leaders. Few things could be more exciting for us, or represent a higher vote of confidence in Zencity’s mission and future, than Maurice’s growth from a customer, to an advisor, and now to our COO.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

In 2022, the city reduced the street mph to 20mph for most neighborhood streets, which in a car oriented city, is at times controversial (" Salt Lake City Council lowers speed limit to 20 mph on 70% of city streets in unanimous vote ," " Salt Lake City swaps first 20 mph speed limit sign in initiative for safer streets ," Salt Lake Tribune ).

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This was of great help since this was our first time developing a digital engagement campaign of this magnitude with so many features. During my initial call with Social Pinpoint, they not only shared various best practices with me and my team, but we all began to brainstorm solutions for our GoZone public involvement microsite plan.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Having worked in student call centers and volunteered for local campaigns in high school, Earp was immediately intrigued by the position. Earp at a ground breaking for a new turn lane in Hutto.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Maybe he wouldn't if Toronto had ranked choice voting. " on the various way that the city government's execution of basic services is failing. The incumbent of the last 8 years, John Tory, is likely to win.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 7, 2016

Toledo City Council unanimously voted last month to spend up to $50,000 from the city’s general fund to hire the Center for Priority Based Budgeting, of Englewood, Colo. Councilman Sandy Spang, who pushed for changing the city’s budgeting process in her unsuccessful mayoral campaign last year, said she has high hopes for the program. “If

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

Not only had the popular campaign for good government caused the downfall of a pro-Russian regime; it was also undermining Mr Putin’s favoured technique for suborning Ukrainian politicians and, worse, it was creating an alarming example of successful reform that might inspire his own citizens.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

This substantial base of wealth provides ample resources for funding campaign donations or other political support at generous levels. ” Two, as several government officials told me, issues related to subverted price competition in housing and mortgage markets generally have little, if any, impact on election voting outcomes.

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Social Pinpoint

JUNE 18, 2023

This project proved to be a resounding success, with 190 fantastic entries received and more than 9000 votes from the community. By providing a centralized and easily accessible online resource, the campaign played a crucial role in fostering community engagement and reinforcing the resilience of the local economy.

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Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

It is also at this time that politician’s begin a very loose version of campaigning to expose ideas and platforms in order to gain a place in office. In modern voting, this process is often called the political machine and is now done in a less blatant way. We all know Alexander the Great wasn’t a guy who messed around.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative. In a direct democracy, citizens are responsible for voting directly on policies and laws. How is participative democracy different from direct democracy?

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 28, 2023

[are] the basis on which people make decisions on who they are going to vote for. …The American public should expect the competency and ability to govern, not just campaign.” But they’re not self-executing,” he said. You have to figure out a way to actually get the wheels of government turning.

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

It’s through the strategy and policy produced by elected officials, that administrative professionals translate, create context for, and craft these campaign promises into actual deliverable results to the publics and constituencies. Image: Wikipedia. All hope is not lost, however, since there are “hundreds who are wise.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2024

Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). Let alone vote on it. Campaign flyers for the Bring Chicago Home referendum at a march to the polls event March 9, 2024, in Chicago.

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 26, 2017

Meanwhile, we do have ways we can support the defensive campaigns that will give Congressional Republican pause. How then they may vote, as it doesn’t say, but needn’t. Reporters, as you know, are always looking for the personal lead-in or thread.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Social media offer opportunities to citizens the world over to come together and share information and ideas, potentially providing “long-term tools that can strengthen civil society and the public sphere” (Shirky, 2011).

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

Why “meeting people where they are” matters: 1) We are generally a passive voting audience, if you meet us where we are, in theory we are more likely to participate – right? Right from the start of his campaign cycle up to his end, social media will have played a key part in his role as leader and figurehead.

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Poverty & Policy

JUNE 8, 2017

If the House and Senate can then agree on a resolution, the actual spending and/or tax cuts need only a majority vote in the Senate. The far-far right House Freedom Caucus says it won’t vote for any debt ceiling increase unless it’s packaged with spending cuts. So Democrats don’t have their usual chance to block bills they object to.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Republican won the governorship in 2021 and that was a shock although Ralph Youngkin ran a better campaign than former Governor Terry McAuliffe along with lower Democratic turnout. It's nice to see Democrats pick up the State House in Virginia and keep the Senate.

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